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We don’t know when Return to Monkey Island will be landing on our shores, but we do know that it will be sometime this year. In anticipation of this release, its developers have been sharing little snippets of what we can expect, with the most recent one giving us a closer look at Melee Island’s dock, an eerie-looking ship and the outside of the Scumm Bar. <\/p>\n

“New surveillance video for #MonkeyIslandMonday!,” tweeted developer Dave Grossman. “Strange man seen striding purposefully on Melee dock, ignoring the pelicans and bar as though he had somewhere to be, some devilish puzzle to solve…”<\/p>\n

That strange man is, of course, none other than series hero Guybrush Threepwood. Can you believe he passed up the opportunity to quench his thirst with a healthy pint of grog? Something must be afoot.<\/p>\n

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We don’t know when Return to Monkey Island will be landing on our shores, but we do know that it will be sometime this year. In anticipation of this release, its developers have been sharing little snippets of what we can expect, with the most recent one giving us a closer look at Melee Island’s dock, an eerie-looking ship and the outside of the Scumm Bar. “New surveillance video for #MonkeyIslandMonday!,” tweeted developer Dave Grossman. “Strange man seen striding purposefully on Melee dock, ignoring the pelicans and bar as though he had somewhere to be, some devilish puzzle to solve…” That strange man is, of course, none other than series hero Guybrush Threepwood. Can you believe he passed up the opportunity to quench his thirst…<\/p>\n

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